Aley ( ar, عاليه) is a district (''

qadaa A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough') * bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза * el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also () * lad, kaza , ...

'') in

Mount Lebanon Mount Lebanon ( ar, جَبَل لُبْنَان, ''jabal lubnān'', ; syr, ܛܘܪ ܠܒ݂ܢܢ, ', , ''ṭūr lewnōn'' french: Mont Liban) is a mountain range in Lebanon. It averages above in elevation, with its peak at . Geography The Mount Le ...

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

, to the south-east of the Lebanon's capital

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

. The capital is

Aley Aley ( ar, عاليه) is a major city in Lebanon. It is the capital of the Aley District and fourth largest city in Lebanon. The city is located on Mount Lebanon, 15 km uphill from Beirut on the freeway to Damascus. Aley has the nick ...

city was previously known as the "bride of the summers" during the 1960 and 1970s, when

and neighboring Bhamdoune were attractive tourist locations for Lebanese emigres and local Lebanese The district elects 5 members of parliament, of which 3 are Christians (1 Orthodox and 2

Maronite The Maronites ( ar, الموارنة; syr, ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of the Middle East, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the largest ...

) and 2 are

Druze The Druze (; ar, دَرْزِيٌّ, ' or ', , ') are an Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from Western Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion based on the teachings o ...

. During the 1975-1990 Civil War in Lebanon, Aley witnessed several battles around its environs. Al Bennay البنيه

Cities

*Abey *Aghmide Aïn-Dara *Aïn-El-Jdeidé *Aïn-Enoub *Aïn-Rommané *Aïn Drafile *Aïn El-Halzoune *Aïn Ksour *Ain Saideh *Aïn Sofar *Aïn Traz *Aïnab *Aïtate *Aley *Aramoun *Baïssour *Baouarta *Bchamoune *Bdédoune *Bedghane *Bhouara *Bisrine *Bkhichtay *Bleibel *Bmakkine *Bmehraï *Bouzridé *Bsous *Btallaoun *Btater *Bteezanieh *Chamlane *Chanay *Charoun *Chartoun *Chouaifat Amroussyat *Chouaifat Oumara *Chouaifat Qobbat *Dakkoun *Deir-Koubel *Dfoun *Douair El-Roummane *EL-Azouniyeh *El-Bennayé *El-Fsaïkine *El-Ghaboun *El-Kahalé *El-Kamatiyeh *El-Mansouriyeh et Aïn-El-Marge *El-Mechrefeh *El-Mreijate *El-Ramliyeh *El-Rejmeh *Habramoun *Homs et Hama *Houmale *Kaïfoun *Kfar-Aammay *Kfar Matta *litige *Maasraïti *Majdel Baana *Mazraet El-Nahr *Mchakhté *Mejdlaya *Rechmaya *Remhala *Roueissat El-Naaman *Sarahmoul *Selfaya *Souk-El-Gharb *Taazanieh

Demographics

Like the neighboring Chouf District, the Aley district is also one of the most religiously diverse areas in

. The largest religious community in the Aley district is the

denomination, followed by the

, and

Greek Orthodox The term Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also call ...

Christian denominations. There are also small communities of

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the ...

Muslims. It is estimated that roughly 54.6% of the district is of the Druze sect, while the remaining 40.7% are

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ ...

and 4.6% are Muslim.دائرة جبل لبنان الرابعة
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References

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